Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at CHI Health Good Samaritan

10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$41.48

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$68.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$7.54 with Amerigroup vs $63.24 with MultiPlan PHCS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $7.54 ↓ -82%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $7.54 ↓ -82%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $7.69 ↓ -81%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -81%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -81%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $8.01 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $14.28 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.43 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $15.14 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $16.00 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $16.75 ↓ -60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -58%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $39.44 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $51.68 ↑ +25%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $51.87 ↑ +25%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $51.87 ↑ +25%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $51.87 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $53.04 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $53.04 ↑ +28%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $59.66 ↑ +44%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $59.66 ↑ +44%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $59.66 ↑ +44%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $59.66 ↑ +44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $62.56 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $63.24 ↑ +52%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $35.55 $10.56 – $23.28
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $28.56 $7.54 – $57.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $76.50 $7.78 – $88.20
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $28.56 $7.54 – $57.80
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $16.56 $7.54 – $29.52
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $19.92 $5.15 – $23.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $28.56 $7.54 – $57.80
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $29.50 $7.54 – $50.00

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